There's a difference between describing and evoking something. You can…

Margaret Atwood
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There's a difference between describing and evoking something. You can describe something and be quite clinical about it. To evoke it, you call it up in the reader. That's what writers do when they're good. ✨ Double bluff. Interview with Katharine Viner, www.theguardian.com. September 16, 2000.
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There's a difference between describing and evoking something. You can describe something and be quite clinical about it. To evoke it, you call it up in the reader. That's what writers do when they're good. ✨ Double bluff. Interview with Katharine Viner, www.theguardian.com. September 16, 2000.

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